"Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam."

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"When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble."

John C. Ransom, American Poet

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"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal."

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"Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

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"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

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"I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do."

Isaac Rosenberg, English Poet

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"Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race."

Richard Burton, Welsh Actor

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"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition."

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"Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together."

Roger McGough, British Poet

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"Poets are born, not paid."

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"Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness."

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"If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe."

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"I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone."

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"When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble."

"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal."

"Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words."

"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

"I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do."

"Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race."

"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition."

"Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together."

"Poets are born, not paid."

"If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets."

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"Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness."

"If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe."

"No lies, just love."

"I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone."

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"Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart."

"Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?"

"There's all body types, but there's just one size."

"I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life."

"I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love."